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Islam’s Jesus: A Panel on Islamic Perspective to Jesus
Thursday, March 12 at 7:00-8:30 pm
Thompson Alumni Center at UNO.

The UNO Islamic Studies Program and the Department of Religious Studies are organizing a panel on Islamic perspective on Jesus. The panel will feature Professor Zeki Saritoprak from John Carroll University, who is the author of Islam’s Jesus. After Dr. Saritoprak’s talk on the topic, Dr. Eric Elnes from Countryside Community Church will provide comments on the talk. UNO Religious Studies Professor Paul Williams will moderate the follow-up discussion. The panel will take place in UNO Thompson Alumni Room between 7:00-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12.

The event is free and open to public. Free parking will be available.

Zeki Saritoprak is professor of religious studies and Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University. He is the author of numerous works on Islam. His recent book, Islam’s Jesus, was published by University Press of Florida (2014).

Dr. Saritoprak will sign his book, Islam’s Jesus, after the event.

This event is co-sponsored by UNO Islamic Studies Program and Department of Religious Studies

Movie Showing and Discussion
Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 6:30-8:30 p.m.
CPACS. Collaborating Commons at UNO
Discussion facilitated by Dr. Bridget Sandhoff, Assistant Professor of Art History
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries and over 1,400 years of history. It explores themes such as the Word, Space, Ornament, Color and Water and presents the stories behind many great masterworks of Islamic Art and Architecture.
This event is co-sponsored by UNO Islamic Studies Program, and Department of Art and Art History
For more information, contact Ramazan Kilinc at 402.554.2683 orrkilinc@unomaha.edu.

October 2014

Opposition Political Movements in Turkey: Politics of Intransigence
Lecture
Thursday, Octobe r16, 2014 at 11:30-12:45 p.m.
Council Room, Milo Bail Student Center
UNO Islamic Studies Program is organizing a lecture by Prof. Sinan Ciddi. Dr. Sinan Ciddi teaches and serves as the director of Institute of Turkish Studies at Georgetown University. The lecture is free and open to public.
For more information, contact Ramazan Kilinc at 402.554.2683 or rkilinc@unomaha.edu

April 2014

The Arab Uprisings and the Counter-Revolution
Lecture
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Umoho Room, Milo Bail Student Center
The Islamic Studies Program, in collaboration with the Middle East Research Fund and Political Science Department, is organizing a lecture by Professor Hassan Al-Barari. Dr. Hassan Al-Barari, a professor of political science at the University of Jordan, Amman, is the author of Israelism: Arab Scholarship on Israel, a Critical Assessment.

The lecture is sponsored by the Islamic Studies Program in collaboration with the Middle East Research Fund and the Political Science Department. For more information, contact Ramazan Kilinc at 402.554.2683 or rkilinc@unomaha.edu.

In 1788, a young African Prince named Abdul Rahman is torn from a life of power and privilege, thrust into enslavement in a strange land. There he endures unimaginable hardship, yet carves out a life, and through improbable circumstances, gains his freedom and begins an extraordinary journey…

This event is co-sponsored by UNO Islamic Studies Program, and Black Studies Department.

Azizah Y. al-Hibri is the founding editor of Hypatia: a Journal of Feminist Philosophy, and founder and president of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. In June 2011, al-Hibri was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Please join the UNO Islamic Studies Summer Study Abroad Program as we journey to Morocco for the Sacred Music Festival in Fez. We will study Islam, music and Moroccan culture at UNO before leaving for our two-week stay. Participants will attend daily concerts, colloquiums, attend religious events and visit historic Marrakech and rest on the beaches of Essaouria.

The Islamic Studies Program sponsored this free lecture as part of the Malcolm X Festival on April 16, 2009. Dr. M. Ibrahim Farajajé graduated from the Theology Faculty of the University of Bern, Switzerland with the degree Dr. Theol. in History of Religions, magna cum laude. He is the Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Islamic Studies and Cultural Studies at the Starr King School for the Ministry, a member school of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He also serves as the Senior Research Analyst for the GTU's Center for Islamic Studies, as well as being a member of the GTU's Core Doctoral Faculty in the area of Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions.

2009 University of Nebraska at Omaha Islamic Studies Lecture Series, Rumi and the Intelligence of the Heart, Dr. M. Ibrahim Farajajé

The Islamic Studies Program sponsored this free lecture on April 13, 2009 as the first in the Islamic Studies Lecture Series

Elinor Aishah Holland holds a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Temple University and studied Arabic at the University of Pennsylvania. A student of renowned calligrapher Mohamad Zakariya, Holland is a calligrapher in the traditional method of the Ottoman Hattat (calligraphers). Her clients include the US State Department, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the Museum of the City of New York.

The Religious Studies Program and the Islamic Studies Program at UNO co-sponsored the 2008 AMSS Regional Conference on April 19, 2008. These annual conferences promote the study of Islam and Islamic thought, encouraging the understanding of Islam as a religion and a civilization without the polemics and apologetics that dominated the 20th century.